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'A. E. JAMES. Bee Hive.

No 3,398. I I Patented Jany 6, 1844.

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UNITED s'rxi'rns PATENT AARON E. James, or POINT PLEASANT, VIRGINIA.

BEEHIVE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,398,.dated. January 6, 1844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON E. Janus, of the town of Point Pleasant,county of Mason, and State of Virginia, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Construction of Bee-Houses; and I hereby declare thatthe following is a true and exact description of the construction of thesame and the advantages resulting therefrom, reference being had to theannexed drawings and views of the house and making a part of thespecification Figure 1 representing an isometrical view with the dooropen, showing the interior; Fig. 2, one of the three large boxes orhives, Fig. 3, one of the small boxes; Fig. 4:, section.

The roof is represented by the letter A, the board or inclined planeimmediately below thebottom or floor by the letter B, the small boxes atthe top by the letter C, the door by the letter D, the front of the.large boxes and the glass to show the working of the bees by letter E,the holes communicating between the large and small boxes at the top ofthe former and the slide used for closing them by the letter F, theholes communicating between the large boxes by letter G, the holesthrough the bottom or floor by which the bees enter the large boxes byletter H, the hooks or clasps fastening the doors of the box by theletter I, a similar fastening to the side of the small boxes by theletter K, and the inclined plane in the bottom of the large boxes, whichcommunicates with the holes through the bottom or floor by the let terL. i That others skilled in the art may make and use my invention orimprovement upon a former invention I will proceed to direct itsconstruction and operation.

The beehouse consists of a box 3 feet and 5 inches long, 21 incheswide,and 22 inches deep standing upon legs 20 inches long and 2 inchessquare. From the top of the box to the comb of the roof is 10 inches.The roof is made of 2 inch plank tongued and grooved together and nailedon the gable ends. The length of the eaves may vary from two to five Thesides and ends of the box or body of the house is made of inch plank andtenoned into the legs, for which purpose the pieces of which the legsare made are continued up to the top of the box. There are 6 small boxesor drawers (from which honey is to be obtained for use) two upon each ofthe large ones,5 by 5 inches and 18 inches deep with glass in front, theglass tenoned into the ends of the boxes, the drawers to be made of halfinch stuff, each box or drawer having an opening cut in the under side2% inches square for the bees to pass up and down; these holes may bestopped at pleasure by means of a slide as represented in Fig. 4, theseslides are 10 inches long with a piece of tin 2% inches square nailed tothe end of each slide. When the holes are closed they may be opened bywithdrawing the slide by means of a string fastened to the end of eachslide. These small boxes may be opened by means of hinges fastened tothe sides for which leather may be used. When the lid is closed it maybe fastened by means of clasps (see Fig. 3

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letter R), There are three large boxes. 12

by 13, and 18 inches deep (intended to hold the comb for the use of thebees). These are made of inch stuff with glass doors in front fastenedin thesame way as those described in the small boxes. The holes in thedrawing, F F G, are for the purpose of permitting the bees to pass fromone large box to the other, these holes are 2 inchessquare and may beopened or closed at pleasure by means of slides similar to those usedand described in the small boxes; grooves are out in the sides of theboxes to admit these slides to slip backward and forward. The inclinedplanes in the bottom of the large boxes start two inches below thecenter of the box and terminate at the edges of the hole in the bottomor floor through which the bees enter from the inclined planeimmediately beneath thefioor. The width of the plane, being the one uponwhich the bees alight is ten inches. The glass doors in the large boxesmay beopened when necessary, for the purpose of hiving a new swarm, bymeans of iron hinges one inch square. 7 These doors are fastened byclasps as described above.

The entrance to the beehouse maybe closed by means. of a thin piece ofplank or tin made to slip along a groove cut in the cleats (Fig. 4letter A) immediately under the y bottom or floor of the house.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isThe combinationof several hives furnished With inclined floors and twohoney boxes on inclined alighting board and slides to close t-heifr tops1With the beepalgcle in tile manner the hives at pleasure. set orth, '0lat is to say, sai llVGS eing lnovable and having the entrance for thebees in AARON JAMES 5 the middle between the two inclined floorsWitnesses:

and corresponding to an entrance in the THOMAS LEWIs, floor of thepalace, said entrance having an WILSON O. SISSON.

